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Quantum Conundrum

Based on 14 reviews

Excellent:

5
Good:

3
Average:

5
Bad:

1

Pros

Really cool dimensional mechanic.
Nice art design.
Affordable.
Various dimensions have fun properties.
Numerous smart.
Challenging puzzles.

Cons

Uninteresting world.
Poor ending.
Some weak platforming elements.

By TechSpot on June 25, 2012

Let's just get this out of the way: Yes, Quantum Conundrum is a first-person puzzler, just like Portal. Yes, it was designed by Kim Swift, the project lead on Portal. And yes, it shares some of Portal's core traits: there's a...

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By Computeractive on October 30, 2012

One of our favourite games of recent years was Portal. It had a simple, focused premise: use your ability to create wormholes to get from one end of a test lab to the other. However, this was cleverly combined with some brain-melting physics-based...

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By GamePlanet on August 30, 2012

Anyone expecting anything close to the quality of Portal for fifteen bucks will be sorely disappointed. If approached as a distraction, disappointment may be mitigated to somewhere around "mild", and small pockets of enjoyment may...

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By Gamers Daily News on August 14, 2012

ReplayWhile the puzzles are obviously pretty linear and may not be much fun to play again, there are several hidden items to track...

85
By PC Advisor on June 24, 2012

As a £10 game made by a tiny team in just year, Quantum Conundrum is well worth checking out and there's no doubt that we need more games like it. It's just such a shame it dropped so many critical balls - it comes so close to greatness but...

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By Strategy Informer on June 22, 2012

You’ve got to hand it to Kim Swift: she sticks to her principles. After guiding the fantastic Portal to creation, the moment she found out Valve didn’t want to experiment with non-portal-based puzzles for the sequel she jumped ship. No...

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By cnet on June 22, 2012

Quantum Conundrum's nutty interdimensional experiments don't go off without a hitch, but this inventive first-person puzzler still produces some enjoyable...

70
By Cheat Code Central on June 21, 2012

Up until now, the Portal games have had the 3D first-person puzzle genre pretty much to themselves. But no longer. Kim Swift, one of the main brains behind Portal—she helped create Narbacular Drop, the student project Portal was based on, and...

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By Destructoid on June 21, 2012

Quantum Conundrum is a wacky Portal-like puzzle game centered around a weird science contraption that switches dimensions. It's whimsical, fun, well made, well written, it controls well, and it's a blast to play. It's almost flawless. The...

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By GameSpy on June 21, 2012

Quantum Conundrum is many things -- an innovative puzzler, a follow-up project from Portal's Kim Swift, a lesson in bad parenting skills. Seriously, who leaves their kid on the doorstep of a crazy uncle whose house is a labyrinth of murderous...

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